The Kansas City Chiefs spent a lot of resources revamping their offensive line last offseason and at the center of it all was a rookie in second-round pick, Creed Humphrey.
Humphrey finished the 2021 NFL season as flawlessly as you could possibly ask for as a rookie, yet he’s not without his detractors entering his second season. ESPN’s recent poll of NFL executives snubbed Humphrey from the top-10 list of interior offensive linemen and left him as an honorable mention. One NFL executive suggested he was overrated as a rookie and that he needed to see more to ensure Humphrey’s rookie campaign wasn’t a fluke. We know better than to entertain such thoughts.
Doug Farrar from Touchdown Wire recently ranked the best centers in the league heading into the 2022 season, and his opinion on Humphrey vastly differs. Humphrey was ranked as the third-best center in the NFL behind just Corey Linsley and Jason Kelce, two longtime NFL veterans at the position. Here’s just a little taste of what was said about Humphrey:
